Hand sprayer



C. BROWN HAND SPRAYER June'4, 1929.

Filed June 14, 1926 INVENTOR %ZI TTO' EY Patented June 4, 1929. I

' M r eer-air are COLIN BROWN OF ROCHESTER, NE\N'.YORK, ASSIGNOR'. TO "E; 0. BROWN COMPANY,'

OF ROCHESTER, NE'W YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK;

HAND- SPRAYER..

Application filed June 14,

My present invention relates to hand sprayers such as are used about the garden for spraying plants and shrubs with liquids and powders. These usually operate on theprinciple of an atomizer and comprise an upright cylindrical container to the top of which is attacheda relatively transverse or horizon al pump cylinder. The invention has for its object to provide such a sprayer with a cheap and simple attachment for holding it upright and in a convenient position for future use when the sprayer is laid upon a table or other flat surface.

To these and'other ends the invention resides in certain improvements and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features'being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings Figure l is a side view of a hand sprayer provided with a supporting attachment constructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged fragmentary bottom view thereof;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary end view; Figure l is a side view of the attachment removed from the sprayer; and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary bottom view thereof.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate the same parts.

Referring first to Figure 1, the particular sprayer shown comprises a cylindrical uprightreservoir 1 having a flat bottom and the top and filling orifice of which is closed by a pump connection 2 screwed into it at 3. The nozzle a of the sprayer projects slightly from the connection 2 in one directioin while the pump cylinder extends therefrom in the opposite direction as indicated at 5, the axis of the pump cylinder being at right angles to that of the container or reservoir 1. T he handle 6 on the pump rod 7 projects from the end of the pump cylinder.

When the sprayer is laid upon a flat surface as in Figure 1 and the attempt is made to hold it upright so that the contents of the reservoir will not spill, it is ordinarily difiicult to do so as the points of supporting contact are the circular edge 8 of the tilted reservoir and either the rotatable pump pump cylinden give a three-point contact:

that prevents'the rolling motion that would" otherwise cause the'spra-yerto fall-over un'" less exactly balanced -and-leftundisturbed. The attachment COIISIStS' of'a wire clip 9 bent into arcuate form to embrace theresen voir 1 near the bottomwith'a springtension,- that is, the clip is formed up originally on a smaller diameter and then expanded over the cylinder. The main portion of the clip lies just above the seam or head at the bottom of the can while the ends are bent in at right angles under the can as shown at 10. These bent ends are curved in a transverse plane so that the tip of the wire in each instance rests endwise against the bottom of the can or reservoir and leaves the curved portion outstanding. These curved portions thereby form legs that contact with a flat supporting surface and'hold the edge 8 of the can clear or out of contact, the clip being slipped on from the front.- With this arrangement the sprayer has a very firm bearing and maintains itself solidly in the position of Figure 1 wherein its contents will. not spill and it is convenient for the user to pick up. As the legs or feet 10 bear against the bottom of the can, there is no pressure upon them tending to loosen the clip and hence I have found that the latter need not be fastened in place or other means than its own spring tension provided for maintaining it in proper position 011 the can.

lVhat I claim as my invention is 1. In a hand sprayer-of the type including a cylindrical reservoir and a pump cylinder having its axis substantially perpendicular to the axis of said reservoir, the combination with said cylindrical reservoir, of

a spring clip partially encircling said reservolr in a circumferential direction, said clip having terminal loops extending partially under the lower edge of said reservoir in position to engage the bottom of the reservoir, said terminal loops serving as legs to rest upon a horizontal surface and to cooperate with another portion of the sprayer as a third leg to hold said hand sprayer in upright position with the plane determined by the reservoir axis and pump cylinder axis substantially perpendicular to said horizontal surface.

2. In a hand sprayer of the type including a cylindrical reservoir and a pump cylinder having its axis substantially perpendicular to the axis of said reservoir and lying in the same plane therewith, the combination with said cylindrical reservoir, of a spring clip extending circumferentially around said reservoir through an arc of more than 180, said clip having portions extending down- 'wardly from said arcuate portion to form legs to rest upon a horizontal surface to hold said hand sprayer in upright position with said plane of the reservoir axis and pump cylinder axis substantially perpendicular to said horizontal surface.

3. A spring clip for use as a support on a hand sprayer of the type including a cylindrical reservoir and a pump cylinder having its axis substantially perpendicular to the axis of saidreservoir, said spring clip comprising a resilient arcuate portion arranged to extend circumferentially around said reservoir and to be in contact therewith throughout an arc of substantially more than 180, and a looped terminal portion at each end of said arcuate portion, each of said looped terminal portions lying in a plane substantially radial to said arcuate portion, and each having a free end adapted to extend under and to contact with the bottom of a cylindrical reservoir to whichsaid spring clip is applied, said looped terminal portions acting as legs to rest upon a horizontal surface and to cooperate with another portion of the sprayer as a third leg to support said hand sprayer in upright position with the plane determined by the reservoir axis and pump cylinder axis substantially perpendicular to said horizontal surface.

COLIN BROWN 

